Method for screening therapeutic agent for glomerular disorder

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for screening a compound for preventing, ameliorating or treating glomerular lesions or disease of kidney, characterized by assaying the regulating activity of compound on 4F2hc expression shown by contacting human peripheral blood mononuclear cells or monocytes or an established line of human cultured cells having a nature of human macrophages with macrophage-activating substances. The screening method is useful for screening compounds capable of preventing, ameliorating or treating glomerular lesions or disease of kidney.